1996 Japan Series, GAME 3

BOX SCORE

Tuesday, October 22, 1996   at Green Stadium Kobe
  Yomiuri Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Nishi, 3B 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0
Kawai, SS 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 6
Matsui, RF 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ochiai, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 8 0
Omori, DH 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Mack, CF 4 1 2 1 0 1 3 1
Shimizu, LF 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Motoki, 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
  Fukuo, PH-2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Sugiyama, C 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
  Goto, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
  Yoshihara, C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Galvez, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Mizuno, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Awano, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Nishiyama, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  Brito, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2 1 8 24 13
  Orix Blue Wave AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Taguchi, LF 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
Oshima, 2B 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 2
I.Suzuki, CF-RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Neel, DH 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Jennings, 1B 2 0 1 1 1 0 4 0
  Yojo, 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Fujii, RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  Motonishi, CF 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Fukura, 3B 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1
  Baba, 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Takada, C 3 1 1 0 1 1 8 1
Ogawa, SS 2 1 1 2 0 0 3 1
  Suguro, SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Noda, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  Ito, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Hirai, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Nomura, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  T.Suzuki, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 9 5 4 4 27 7
Giants   0 1 0   0 0 1   0 0 0   -   2
BlueWave   1 4 0   0 0 0   0 0 X   -   5
DP- BlueWave 1 (Jennings). LOB- Giants 4, BlueWave 6. 2B- Ogawa, Taguchi, Motonishi. HR- Mack (1, 2nd inn. off Noda, 0 on), Nishi (1, 6th inn. off Noda, 0 on). SH- Ogawa, Baba. SB- I.Suzuki. CS- Nishi.
Yomiuri Giants IP P BF H R ER BB SO
Galvez (L,0-1) 1.1 42 9 4 4 4 2 0
Mizuno 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 0
Awano 2.2 35 9 0 0 0 1 1
Nishiyama 3 43 12 2 0 0 1 3
Brito 1 13 3 1 0 0 0 0
Orix Blue Wave IP P BF H R ER BB SO
Noda (W,1-0) 6.1 93 23 5 2 2 1 4
Ito 0.2 6 3 1 0 0 0 0
Hirai 0.2 11 3 1 0 0 0 2
Nomura 0.1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
T.Suzuki (S,2) 1 14 3 0 0 0 0 2
WP- Ito.

T- 2:56. A- 33,026. Umpires- HP:Tomoyose(CL) 1B:Igarashi(PL) 2B:Inoue(CL) 3B:Hayashi(PL) LF:Ino(CL) RF:Azuma(PL). Official scorer- Yoshimura.

PLAY BY PLAY

FIRST INNING
Giants - Nishi grounded to third. Kawai singled to center. Matsui lined into a double play, first baseman unassisted.
BlueWave - Taguchi grounded to second. Oshima singled to left. I.Suzuki flied to center. Neel walked, Oshima went to second. Jennings singled to center, scoring Oshima as Neel went to second, but Neel was tagged out trying for third, center fielder to shortstop to third baseman.
SECOND INNING
Giants - Ochiai flied to center. Omori struck out. Mack homered to center. Shimizu popped to short.
BlueWave - Fujii flied to center. Fukura singled to center. Takada walked, Fukura went to second. Ogawa doubled to left-center, scoring Fukura and Takada. Mizuno now pitching. Taguchi doubled to center, scoring Ogawa. Oshima singled to left, scoring Taguchi. Awano now pitching. I.Suzuki forced Oshima at second, second baseman unassisted. Neel grounded to second.
THIRD INNING
Giants - Motoki flied to right. Sugiyama singled to center. Nishi forced Sugiyama at second, shortstop to second baseman. Nishi was caught stealing, catcher to second baseman.
BlueWave - Jennings flied to left. Fujii lined to second. Fukura walked. Takada struck out.
FOURTH INNING
Giants - I.Suzuki now in right and Motonishi in center. Kawai flied to right. Matsui walked. Ochiai popped to short. Omori struck out.
BlueWave - Ogawa flied to center. Taguchi grounded to second. Oshima fouled to left.
FIFTH INNING
Giants - Mack fouled to first. Shimizu singled to right. Motoki popped to short. Sugiyama popped to the pitcher.
BlueWave - Nishiyama now pitching. I.Suzuki grounded to short. Neel struck out. Jennings walked. Motonishi forced Jennings at second, shortstop to second baseman.
SIXTH INNING
Giants - Yojo now at first. Nishi homered to left. Kawai struck out. Matsui flied to center. Ochiai struck out.
BlueWave - Fukura struck out. Takada singled to center. Ogawa sacrificed Takada to second, pitcher to the second baseman covering first. Taguchi grounded to short.
SEVENTH INNING
Giants - Baba now at third and Suguro at short. Omori grounded to second. Ito now pitching. Mack singled to left. Shimizu forced Mack at second, first baseman to shortstop. Shimizu went to second on a wild pitch. Fukuo, batting for Motoki, flied to left.
BlueWave - Fukuo now at second. Oshima grounded to short. I.Suzuki singled to third. Neel struck out as I.Suzuki stole second. Yojo grounded to short.
EIGHTH INNING
Giants - Hirai now pitching. Goto, batting for Sugiyama, struck out. Nishi singled to center. Kawai struck out. Nomura now pitching. Matsui grounded to the pitcher.
BlueWave - Brito now pitching and Yoshihara catching. Motonishi doubled to right. Baba sacrificed Motonishi to third, catcher to the second baseman covering first. Motonishi was tagged out on a squeeze play attempt, catcher unassisted. Takada grounded to second.
NINTH INNING
Giants - T.Suzuki now pitching. Ochiai struck out. Omori grounded to second. Mack struck out.

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